It seems to me that the people who bad mouth the CTC scheme are the jelous narrow minded individuals who didn't get on.
I know lots of people who have done the scheme, and 4 of them who are going to Britannia in the next few weeks and fair play to them. I know for a fact that some of them had to work VERY hard to get the CPL/IR and that some of them were instructors etc for at least 2 years before hand travelling long distances just to build hours.
I think it's an excellent scheme, I tried to get on but didn't, and those of you who bad mouth it would be praising it - if you had been succesful. So do us all a favour and be happy for the people who have got on now, because as you know it's no picnic what they are about to do.